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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “presidents” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

49 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
presidents134702(None) 
president12410991president_
residents1038421_residents
copresidents1762842copresidents
coresidents1484272coresidents
precedents1545722precedents
presents103315642pres__ents
presidency1844652presidency
presiders1248212preside_rs
presides11414912preside__s
resident9313752_resident_
copresident1684443copresident_
coresident1376793coresident_
crescents1367543cres_cents
dissidents1245023dissidents
nonresidents1354273nonresidents
pediments1448343p_ediments
pendents1139413p_e_ndents
penitents1147703p_enitents
precedent1448873precedent_
precents123015043pre__cents
predicants1546063predicants
predigests1443663predigests
prescient13411323prescient_
preselects1464363preselects
present94022733pres__ent_
presets94216423pres__e_ts
preside10715613preside___
presided12410553preside__d
presidencies1754483presidencies
presidential1554573presidential
presidentship2161103presidentship
presider11410423preside__r
presiding13510903presidin_g
presidios1245773presid_ios
presidiums1543403presidiums
presifts1366593presi__fts
prevalents1594973prevalents
prevents133012293pre__vents
provident1546223provident_
regiments123910323_regiments
resents74221223_res__ents
residence1268903_residence
residences1368233_residences
residency1565513_residency
residers93311883_reside_rs
resides84523283_reside__s
rewidens1235533_rewiden_s
tridents938583tr__idents

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603495.87323940.6
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691496.31228309.7
 
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